theweightandthelight

for the weight you don’t speak of & the light you’re searching for symbolic, reflective prose & poetry moral, spiritual & emotional themes creative reflections on pain, growth & grace

[theweightandthelight]

The Weight of Stress

Taking breaths of stress never lets you rest.

Your soul grows weak; there’s no heartbeat left.

Stress turns to depression beneath the heat,

Like someone took a rope and tied up hope.

Taking stress into your life feels like a stab from a knife.

Your eyes blink tears without relief or fear.

“Are You there, dear God,

To catch us from this pain?”

This is no game—

It’s a crime of life that always stays the same.

Taking a look at the dime,

There is no time.

“Where did all the money go?”

You think about all that’s been lost,

Yet never stop to think about the cost

When He died upon the cross.

It is God above

Who holds what you desire.

Take the lies from hell

And let them die.

Your life is on the line,

And you are almost out of time.

Forget it all—let it fall.

It is the whispers that linger in your ear,

The lies the Devil wants you to hear.

(Revised version of my high school poem,

The Stress)

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i am not who i was.

i met my rockbottom;

my garden & grave.

a garden

risen from the soil

of the grave

that almost got me.

some parts made it.

most didn't.

i'll never be that me again.

— @reviveyourroar

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your monsters

are safe with me.

i do not fear

the dark inside you.

i was raised

by my own.

i know the shape

of wounded things.

i know how to

sit with shadows.

all your pieces

can find peace

here.

— @reviveyourroar

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i am far from cured,

but i am no longer caged.

i am proud of who i am.

i

fight

for

her

every

day

i meet my monsters daily,

so i do not become them.

— @reviveyourroar

[academic-vampire]

𝔱𝔥𝔢 𝔥𝔞𝔷𝔢 𝔟𝔢𝔱𝔴𝔢𝔢𝔫 𝔰𝔲𝔪𝔪𝔢𝔯 𝔞𝔫𝔡 𝔞𝔲𝔱𝔲𝔪𝔫

[theweightandthelight]

“Just because I carry it well doesn’t mean it’s not heavy.”

— Unknown

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Any good book recommendations? I’m open to pretty much anything—fiction, nonfiction, classics, weird niche books, hidden gems, whatever. I’d love to hear your favorites or anything you think is worth reading.

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Take a walk through my Tumblr archives.

Old reflections, quiet truths, and fragments of a story still unfolding.

Scroll, read, revisit, and stay awhile.

[fearwithout]

if you see me down on my knees please, do not think that I pray (damage, damage, damage)

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what looked like surrender became my prayer

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(author unknown)

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[heylsgowt]

[maureen2musings]

Silence in green

michaelkagerer

[expressions-of-nature]

by Anita Austvika

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𝔭𝔯𝔢𝔰𝔢𝔯𝔳𝔢𝔡 & 𝔞𝔡𝔪𝔦𝔯𝔢𝔡

[theweightandthelight]

“She loves the smell of warm coffee, bloomed roses and new beginnings.”

— Unknown